A bright beautiful morning- we were anxious
to go to church as it was communion Sunday &
had just made up our mind to walk when uncle
Jim came & F[annie] & I went in the carriage Sis B
on horseback. Mary staid with Mother who
had gotten a fall & slightly sprained her
ancle. said she was walking along & fell flat
on the ground without any sensation but a
deadly sickness, insisted that she was not hurt but
I begged she would let me pull off her stocking &
then found her an
applied parsnip tops, linseed[?] & vinegar which
seemed to relieve her very much--
Mr. D[uncan] preached from Rev. 19ch, 16th verse, "And he hath
on his vesture & on his thigh a name written. King
of Kings & Lord of Lords." It was a most
excellent sermon-- I felt that it was good
to be there & to hear it. I missed you-- looked
around & could but envy Beck with cousin
Jacquelin sitting there by her. I looked for a
letter but no letter came. As day after
day passes without hearing from you I feel
that you are dead--
Mr. Leonard went to Warrenton to day. If there
are letters he will bring them to [?]
[as transcribed by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor, 1972]
MSS 15406
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